Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks Album Review
Made Of Bricks by Kate Nash, Album Review
Made of Bricks is the debut album by the British singer-songwriter Kate Nash which was released on 6 August 2007 on Fiction Records and reached number one in the UK album charts.
The album was released five weeks earlier than originally planned due to the popularity of the single “Foundations“.
In its opening week of sales the album sold over 56,000 copies (nearly double that of the number two album, One Chance by Paul Potts) and was certified gold.
The album has now been certified Platinum in the UK for sales of over 300,000. It has sold over 450,000 copies worldwide. The album does not contain the track “Caroline’s a Victim”, which was released as a limited 7″ single on Moshi Moshi Records before “Foundations”.
Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks Track Listing
1. “Play” - 1:11
2. “Foundations” - 4:05
3. “Mouthwash” - 5:01
4. “Dickhead” - 3:42
5. “Birds” - 4:25
6. “We Get On” - 4:34
7. “Mariella” - 4:15
8. “Shit Song” - 3:05
9. “Pumpkin Soup” - 2:59
10. “Skeleton Song” - 5:07
11. “Nicest Thing” - 4:05
12. “Merry Happy/Little Red” - 13:10 (UK bonus track)
Bonus Tracks
“A Is For Asthma” - 2:37 (Digital download bonus track)
Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks Review from Amazon.co.uk
Kate Nash is the perfect pop starlet. She sounds enough like one existing star to make her an already snug fit for your tastes (if it needs spelling out for you–L.I.L.Y.A.L.L.E.N–there’s no getting away from the thematic and elocutionary parallels, no matter how much the lady doth protest). She’s ordinary-ish. She’s you, your girlfriend, that girl over there you adore/admire, only clearly cuter and packed with a sharper tongue. She sings of nothing much, but sings it with juicy vim and bright expressions through a deliciously theatrical voice-box, a hangover from her stage school background that faltered, leading her to channel her wit and personality into writing songs. A sprinkling of anarchy too–something for the parents to disapprove of? Well, she’s got a filthy mouth and a frankly blas grasp of the Queen’s English. It’s a shame really that she’s not quite made the perfect pop debut to match, but Made of Bricks is a damn fine first run, when it gets it right. The jerky prelude to the album proper, “Play” reminds briefly of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bis, segueing into the Lily Allen plays Carter USM playfulness of “Foundations”. “Dickhead” is a silly, smoky blues ditty, the massive, gyrating “Pumpkin Song” is Sugababes with their hair pulled behind the bike sheds, key-hammering highlight “Mariella” reminds of expressive vaudeville New Yorkers the Dresden Dolls and “We Get On” could be a Grease outtake, though nothing the innocent Olivia Newton John would ever wrap her lips around. Like Lily Allen then, but not that much.
James Berry
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October 7th, 2009 at 6:07 am
She sings of nothing much? Well, that’s not true. Her song lyrics are meaningful and tell a story. She’s pretty damn amazing! I love her.